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Missing Teen Found Dead At Bronx Park

07/27/2012 14:04:00 By Peter Milosheff, viewed 1,824 times.
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Kemar Bryan Brooks, 14

Cops are investigating after a Bronx teen was found dead at park near his home.

According to authorities, 14-year-old Kemar Bryan Brooks was found unresponsive inside Haffen Park along Bruner Avenue just before 6 a.m. The victim's father, who had been searching for him after he did not return home, called 911 when he found the teen in the park.

Attempts to revive the teen failed, and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.

Brooks reportedly suffered severe trauma to his head. An autopsy will be conducted and will determine the exact cause of death, officials said.

 

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Maria Perez

reports on the Highbridge section of Bronx. Before enrolling in Columbia’s journalism school, she reported for some of the most widely circulated Spanish newspapers (ABC, El Mundo), as well as for Agencia EFE newswire and the British Medical Journal, covering local news, social issues, science, health, culture and the environment. Born in Madrid, she graduated from a Madrid university in law and journalism and she also holds an MBA. Before coming to the USA, she lived in Spain, the United Kingdom and Israel.